23 de novembro de 2009

O financiamento das despesas de saúde é um problema de todos, e vai piorar



The Health Care Challenge: Not Just a U.S. Problem « iMFdirect: "Health spending in OECD countries increased from 4½ percent of GDP in 1960 to 12½ percent in 2007 (see Figure 1). What accounts for this dramatic increase? Income growth, insurance, demographics, and technological change all contributed, but the latter was the key driver. Public spending for health care also increased sharply (by 5½ percentage points of GDP) during this period (see Figure 2)."
 




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